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From KarenWare:
Learn more than 200 interesting facts about your computer. Details about your CPU, memory, operating system, and even your computer's power source all are displayed. You can also copy the information to the Windows clipboard and paste it into a document for permanent storage.

Computer Profiler shows the name of the operating system, licensed user, service pack, windows directory, debug version, boot type, folders, all installed programs, and SCSI devices. The manufacturer, name, and clock rate of the processor, and shows if the computer is fast or slow.

Shows AC line status, battery condition, total amount of memory installed, I/O ports, PCI adapters, Net adapter, USB devices, network connection, IP address, keyboard type, description of mouse being used, the locale ID of the current user, current time, all disk drives, printers, and an all info button.

It appears to work well only with hardware and operating systems that were created in 2004 or earlier.

Cons

This product has not been updated since 2004. In 2007, it incorrectly detected my Intel Core 2 Duo cpu as a Pentium Pro chip. It incorrectly detected my Windows Vista operating system as Windows 2000. Since I could not rely on the info provided by this software, it was useless to me and I removed it from my system.

I downloaded this program thinking I would get some basic information about my PC. I ended up with more than I know what to do with. I also ran Spybot and Adware after the install to check it out and it came up clean.

I have read so many reviews in which the reviewer has run anti-spyware program(s) after installing downloaded software. Sometimes the reviewer reports that an anti-spyware program has then found malware. Invariably, it seems, the reviewer reports that the software comes with malware -- even when the CNET review reports that the product comes without malware.

However, if the reviewer hasn't run the anti-spyware program(s) BEFORE downloading and installing the software in question, how does the reviewer know that the malware wasn't there BEFORE downloading and reviewing the software being reviewed?

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